[U-Boot-Users] CFI driver

[York Sun]

Yuli,

I add the following test code and modified flash_status_check. I have no
error for erasing. But I got "Time out" for programming after 13KB. This
algorithm complies AMD standard, doesn't it?

Regards,

York

    

#define AMD_STATUS_TIMEOUT              0x20

static int flash_time_out (flash_info_t * info, flash_sect_t sect)
{
        int retval;
                                                                                                                 
        switch (info->vendor) {
        case CFI_CMDSET_AMD_STANDARD:
        case CFI_CMDSET_AMD_EXTENDED:
                retval = flash_isset (info, sect, 0,
AMD_STATUS_TIMEOUT);
                break;
        default:
                retval = 0;
        }
        debug ("flash_time_out: %d\n", retval);
        return retval;
}
static int flash_status_check (flash_info_t * info, flash_sect_t sector,
                               ulong tout, char *prompt)
{
        ulong start,now;
                                                                                                                 
        /* Wait for command completion */
        start = get_timer (0);
        while (flash_is_busy (info, sector)) {
                if (flash_time_out(info,sector)) {
                        if (flash_is_busy (info, sector)) {
                                flash_write_cmd (info, sector, 0,
info->cmd_reset);
                                printf("Time out\n");
                        }
                }
                if ((now=get_timer (start)) > info->erase_blk_tout *
CFG_HZ) {
                        printf ("Flash %s timeout at address %lx data
%lx\n",
                                prompt, info->start[sector],
                                flash_read_long (info, sector, 0));
                        flash_write_cmd (info, sector, 0,
info->cmd_reset);
                        return ERR_TIMOUT;
                }
        }
        return ERR_OK;
}



On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 15:40, York Sun wrote:

> Yuli,
> 
> Thanks for reply.
> 
> I am using a single chip. The problem doesn't appear EVERY programming.
> It happens after programming about 13KB.
> 
> I did this test. In function "flash_status_check ( )", within the while
> loop, I insert codes to read DQ7-DQ0. I got DQ6 toggling and DQ5=1. That
> means "exceeded timing limit". Without a reset the program will hang in
> this loop. By polling the DQ7 instead of DQ6, it went smoothly.
> 
> York
> 
> On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 15:19, Yuli Barcohen wrote:
> > >>>>> York Sun writes:
> > 
> >     York> I am debugging flash driver for MPC8555CDS board. The driver
> >     York> is drivers/cfi_flash.c. I have two boards. One is rev 1.0,
> >     York> with AM29LV641D.  The other is rev 1.1, with AM29LV641M.
> > 
> >     York> The problem is polling DQ6 after programming. The current
> >     York> driver in U-boot 1.1.2 works well for AM29LV641M. As for
> >     York> AM29LV641D, the programming hangs after writing about 13KB. I
> >     York> track it down to "flash_is_busy()" function. When the problem
> >     York> occurs, the DQ6 keeps toggling. If I change the algorithm to
> >     York> polling DQ7, no problem occurs.
> > 
> > I'm working now with a board (Adder87x) having exactly the same flash
> > (AM29LV641DL) and the driver works perfectly. I suspect that the problem
> > is not in the chip but in specific configuration.
> > 
> >     York> Shawn has a similar problem
> >     York> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2004-March/009402.html.
> > 
> > Your board uses several chips in parallel to get wider bus. The same was
> > on Shawn's board. In older versions of Linux CFI driver I found a bug in
> > the polling algorithm when more than one chip is used. I just replaced
> > the driver with a newer version and now it works OK. It sounds like
> > similar (same?) bug in the U-Boot's CFI driver.
> > 
> >     York> Maybe we should use DQ7 rather than DQ6.
> > 
> > IMHO, no. Polling DQ6 is the standard for AMD-compatible flashes.
> > 
> > ... 
> 
> 
> 
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York Sun, Ph.D
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